The BustleResistance Poetry 2020.09RBGMeg·FollowPublished inResistance Poetry·5 min read·Nov 2, 2020--3ShareJane WoodmanGatheron hope after RBG’s deathmedium.comKathy JacobsA life well lived, a hero goneA tiny woman Glasses Lace collars Raised with a ghost Breaking barriers from The day she started Law Schoolmedium.comPaul MullingerA Justice Has DiedA Justice has died, and talk of her replacement begins within the hour. No, it began before that. President Trump…medium.comRhonda Marrone#Hope?#RBGmedium.comNEW POETSMichael RitochOld RegretsA life of crippled measuresmedium.comJosef KellerVictimless Crimes (a haiku)a poem about police shootingsmedium.comBrittany AtkinsonSelf-Portrait as SeashellA poemmedium.comLynne WilliamsThe ThresholdThe door opens. I’m summoned in.medium.comKim RashidiDon’t Let the Patriarchy Hit You on the Way OutGood riddancemedium.comJen KleinknechtUntamedA celebration of powerful womenmedium.comSandhya GaneshDear Daddy,A poem on hypocrisymedium.comH. A. MoorPost-Apocalyptic Debates: A PoemA tour guide offers guided visits after a climate apocalypse. His group is an unusual bunch.medium.comPasupuGod, Come See Me in HellA poem about a cynical manmedium.comTina SDeflatedA Poem About Sadnessmedium.comBernadette DeCarloThe Good Die YoungLossmedium.comjude follyMy Furymy fury is a gun powder and shrapnel-packed vest wired for suicide.medium.comKim SimmonsDrive-ThroughA poem about embracing ragemedium.comLiberty’s CallA poem about what we can bemedium.comRohanna S. DelossantosOn Our PoisoningSilent killer, inhaled while we sleep, poison to our dreams.medium.comSearching For BedsFor Black Womenmedium.commRETURNING POETSWill SchmitApplying Glue to Broken Glassa poem for Gretamedium.comRyan J. PettewayCity in the BreezeA Poem, 2005medium.comLarenz BrownThree Books of DesperationDesperate for a button I can pressmedium.comAdam MillettWithdrawalData ran out, So I’m about to Hit the roof,medium.comKensho KeithTan PeaksDo you take God for a fool?medium.comScott OverdykeThe Model of a ManParental Advisory Notice: The following poem includes quotes from President Trump and is not suitable for children.medium.comHarper ThorpeSticks and Roger StonesBut words will never hurt memedium.comGail WalterLest We ForgetA prose poem of fury looking back to look forwardmedium.comMichael StangRavenPoetry tellmedium.comChristyl Rivers, Phd.The Chicks Are In The MailPapa Patriarch won’t gnaw my chicken leg Because I arrived quite dead — outside my perfect egg Did you think our…medium.commaurice blockerTiredImedium.comRhonda MarroneThe Coming StormA storm is coming Hear the thunder? Smell the rain? See the flash of lightning?medium.comPatsy StarkeRelentlessHot wind from the east, scorching souls from withinmedium.comDermott HayesFearFear of living, living in fear, no race to save the planet, while races save their planet, killing to deceive, dying to…medium.comMatthew B.‘…. the least racist person there is anywhere in the world’Just re-tweeted from a White Nationalistmedium.comSylvia WohlfarthEuropean Football And The Black Lives Matter MovementA Post Revisited And A Poem Re-writtenmedium.comViolet DeTorresAll Too FamiliarA Villanelle with Imagerymedium.comJeffrey FieldStomach Pump Trump and the Hill of Beansthis… this thing,medium.comJessica Lee McMillanSyntaxA free-verse poemmedium.comAfiyah The PoetBeautyA poem about recognizing one’s ageismmedium.comL. M. KangMediumEdit descriptionmedium.comMoshe FormanKilled by Enemy ActionGhosts of the Blitzmedium.comOnalenna NeoShe speaksa poemmedium.comMadeleine Anne BognarBeliefDo you take my word for it?medium.comMichele Merritt, Ph.D.Narc Narc, Who’s There?The ground beneath me unstablemedium.comSushree Soumya MishraSolitudeA new addictionmedium.comAlexandra I.I’m lookingI’m looking for someonemedium.comh.a wadithe storm that lasted a whilehe likes words, so maybe I paint a picture with mine.medium.comArundhatiLet Children Be ChildrenPrejudice is taught, let’s stop and do bettermedium.comPaul MullingerWe the People“We the People” they began, but “We the People” were only men, just rich and White men if you please, the “Blessings of…medium.comFrancine FallaraHow to Brand Your HeartTime to Unleash Our Kindnessmedium.comSqueezing Our Transcending Wild PassionsBlown by the Winds of Our Breathsmedium.comSamuel CraciaPlato’s Cave and the Lunar JunkyardPoetrymedium.comDemocracyPoetrymedium.comSylvia WohlfarthFearOmnipresentmedium.comEuropean Football And The Black Lives Matter MovementA Post Revisited And A Poem Re-writtenmedium.comEmma BriggsOde to My WardrobeThis cupboard keeps sartorial storiesmedium.comThe Wind is Only EnergyRestless, like the wind, I cannot be still.medium.comKevinTwo Side of NothingTwo sides of a coin, Heads you win and tails I lose. Yet, it’s the same coin you choose.medium.comTarget PracticeWhite Paper Printed black; Sniper pulls back. Targets are attacked, No more color of black. Civil forces…medium.comJane WoodmanPleasea plea for returnsmedium.comPolarizationor Why I Left Facebookmedium.comJack BurtRetryYou are not a golf cart. Your speed is not set to compulsion. You can go back to bed , dilate time and Return to play…medium.comExxonologyThe gas-face in a blue toga lectured his drunk padawan:medium.comBrooke RainesOUR HANDSTake a moment and look down at your hands… The veins, the skin, maybe some scars The creases, the lines, but also the…medium.comBe Who You AreBe who you are Say what you think But remember opinions can change in a blink So write your life’s story in pencil…medium.comMadeleine Anne BognarEvery Damn TimeA poemmedium.comTalking ThroughFree versemedium.comSaurabhSheA Poemmedium.comNovember RainSkies will light upmedium.comImadStardustThe sparkle that blindsmedium.comYoung and DumbProsecution of youthmedium.comPeace in the Middle EastWithout blood all over the sandmedium.comJames G BrennanGrenfell Tower a Tragedyfree verse poetry in honour of those who died and survivedmedium.comJulian AssangeFree verse poetry our fight for freedom of informationmedium.comAhed Tamimi a Palestinian IconFree verse poetry on the imprisonment of a minor in an Israeli military prisonmedium.comRunning Out of TimeFree verse poetrymedium.comRob CullenOne flick of the thumb (one second)It takes one second to breath in,medium.comHanding it on from one to another.…medium.comSitting under a tree in Autumn…medium.comMaking lists in darkness.I sit in the shade at the back of this house,medium.comThe boys out there in the park.…medium.com
